Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / TOW HITCH / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005036742 Incident Date: Aug, 26 2005
Consumer's City: MILTON Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: TOW HITCH Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW55A4X2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 29 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1999 volvo v70 wagon. mass registration 9418pg my 16 year old daughter driving with her mother in the above described 1999 volvo on rt 3 southbound between milton & marshfield massachusetts, when the ets light came on and the vehicle began to shake and stall. my wife having experienced this before instructed my daughter to pull over onto the shoulder of the road and restart the car. my wife & i paid south shore volvo of norwell massachusetts $1100 to replace this ets or etm system january of this year. we have also had spent $800. on two oxygen sensors that south shore volvo initially diagnosed as the problem. we have further spent an additional $125. on an ignition switch which has been causing all of the dashboard light to continuously light and go out, now the speedometer and mileage meter have begun to fail.. south shore volvo has refused to correct the problems, they will not even return our calls. california has filed a class action lawsuit in an attempt to get some relief for it's citizens. i am going to attempt to join theirs, would prefer some appreciate some assistance. thank you vincent p stancato. ps, 20 year volvo owner, i drive a 1991 volvo 245, used to like these cars. *nm